Science as a way of life
I am working on some very smart things to say here. Really. Meanwhile, there's this and this. Welcome.
August 31, 2006
Category: Creative commons
Fun stuff. Search and download. See the announcement. A fable I liked from Aesop's Fables book below. We call this desensitization in the modern lingo....
Posted by Selva at 11:40 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Prime Stream
The Oscars of Indian Science have been awarded. Read about it at nanopolitan. For those interested in looking this up in wikipedia, the pages on Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award lacks details and could use some updates. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar...
Posted by Selva at 06:13 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creative commons
Very cool page at the AAAS Kids section.You can also upload a picture and create an instant genius out of your favorite person....
Posted by Selva at 05:15 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Prime Stream
Heard on the BBC today morning, spoken by someone high up at the AAAS (President?) . I am paraphrasing. "The global energy systems investments (oil rigs, coal mines, distribution, refineries, etc) are about 12 trillion dollars and it takes about...
Posted by Selva at 04:44 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 29, 2006
Category: Prime Stream
A satire here. [via]...
Posted by Selva at 11:18 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Prime Stream
On the occasion of Pluto being booted out of its planetary status, guess who is using it as a promotional event? Astrologers in India, thats who. "Indian astrology is mathematically concerned with the nine planets, two of which are Raghu...
Posted by Selva at 09:44 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Prime Stream
The next target group for penis enlargement ads has been identified. It's the polar bears whose member has been retreating because of all the harmful chemicals they ingest. Suspend your disbelief and go read Maggie Wittlin's recent posting of I...
Posted by Selva at 06:54 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Prime Stream
A comprehensive article at The New Yorker on Perelman, Poincaré conjecture and the politics of math. Perelman, as you might have read, refused the Fields medal - the nobel prize like award for math. From the article, Mikhail Gromov, the...
Posted by Selva at 06:19 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Prime Stream
Chris Mooney, author and science blogger who blogs here at The Intersection, has his landmark book Republican War on Science out on paperback. The accompanying War on Science website has much for your scientific eyes that is rebelling against the...
Posted by Selva at 05:01 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Prime Stream
I thoroughly enjoy the Last Word feature of New Scientist where the readers pose and answer questions amongst themselves. The questions are hilarious sometimes and always informative. Case in point: The question about the awful smell of human droppings. Another...
Posted by Selva at 04:28 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
